Central Park West & West 77th Street

Central Park West and West 77th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Upper West Side (Central), Manhattan. The corner lies on the edge of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 81 St-Museum of Natural History, is about a minute on foot, for the B and C. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
12 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
81 St-Museum of Natural History
390 feet · 1 min on foot · B, C
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Central Park West/W 77 St · M10
Within a walk
15 places
5 park features, 2 listed historic places and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Park West & West 77th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 81 St-Museum of Natural History, 390 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 81 St-Museum of Natural History B, C
    390 feet
    B C

Next trains at this station

Uptown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …
Downtown
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. C …

Also within a walk

  1. 72 St B, C
    0.3 miles
    B C
  2. 86 St B, C
    0.5 miles
    B C

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “For Want of a Nail” (2000) by MTA Arts & Design Collaborative at the 81 St-Museum of Natural History station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Central Park West/W 77 St, 70 feet away, for the M10.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Central Park West/W 77 St M10
    70 feet
    M10

Next buses at this stop

  1. M10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Central Park Entrance West 77th Street, Central Park West and West 77th Street.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Central Park W & W 76 St 39 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Henry Hudson Parkway northbound at Riverside Drive & West 79th Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 303 West 96th Street Gas station
    1.5 miles
  2. 200 Central Park West Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1,010 feet
  3. 401-471 West 42nd Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of ten crashes for a Manhattan corner.

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2017
  • Turn calming, August 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10024
Community board
Manhattan Community Board 7
City Council district
6
Police precinct
20 and 22 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Upper West Side (Central)
Elevation
87 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1891 and 1909.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 51 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Central Park West

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 9 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Bus layover only 5 signs NON-MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM -2PM NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

West side of Central Park West

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM
  • Taxi stand 2 signs TAXI STAND

North side of West 77th Street

  • Farmers market 3 signs FARMERS MARKET ONLY SUNDAY 6AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Upper West Side/Central Park West Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 121 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1889 and 1899.

  1. Hotel Park Plaza Designated landmark
    730 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Central Park.

  1. Alexander von Humboldt Bust by Gustav Bläser, 1869
    60 feet
  2. The New York Times Capsule Sculpture by Santiago Calatrava, 2000
    790 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 park features
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 museums
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Park Children's Day School Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    360 feet
  2. Robert Louis Stevenson School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bethesda Terrace in Central Park Park feature
    40 feet
  2. Central Park Listed historic place
    50 feet
  3. Ladies Pavillion in Central Park Park feature
    730 feet
Show all 7
  1. Hernshead in Central Park Park feature
    780 feet
  2. Shakespeare Gardens in Central Park Park feature
    1,200 feet
  3. Diana Ross Playground
    1,220 feet
  4. Ross Pinetum in Central Park Park feature
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. New-York Historical Society Museum · landmark
    280 feet
  2. American Museum of Natural History Museum · landmark · listed historic place
    580 feet
  3. West 76th Street Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Studio Apartments Listed historic place
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. 4th Universalist Society Church Landmark
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and one food store.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Central Park Entrance West 77th Street, Central Park West or West 77th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.